Automobile sander



Nov. 13 1928.

W. H. MINIER AUTOMOBILE SANDER Filed Sept. 14, 1927 Patentecl Nov. 13, 1928. b

WILLIAM H. MINIER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

AUTOMOBILE 1 SANDER.

Application fi1ed September 14, 1927 Seiial N0. 219,409;

l\iy invention l1as f01 its object t0 provide an elficient- 1neans for depositing sancl in the path o'f an automoblle wheel t0' reduce 01- eliminzvte skiclding and t0 enablestarting of the car when the cm is localecl 0n a slippery roaclbed 01 pavement." The inve ntion particularly provicles an efficient means f01 cout roll2ng the outlet ol": the san l b0x anal a c0nstruction whereby t he ontlet Will be substantially moistureproof and muclproof so that ehe depositing cf the sand Will be insurecl und thereby procluce certainty 0f operation of the sander und thus quite entirely eliminate the possi.bilty 0'f skiclcling 011 a slippery roacl when tl1e nur is in motion. Tl1e invention also has for its object 0ther advantages anal features wl1ich will appear up- 011 exam'ination 0'f the drawing forming a pzut hereof ancl fr0m the disclosure hereinafter.

The invention nmy be containecl in structures that vary in their deaails und arrangement of parts and, t0 illustrate apractical appllcation of the invention, I l1ave selectecl a structure containing the invention und shall clescribe it hereinafter. The trucu1e selected drawing.

Fig. 1 is a t0p view of the sandsir and the.

figure illustrates somewhat diagrannnatically tl1e location of the parts 0f the sander with reference t0 paxts 0f tl1'e automobile 0n Which lt is mounted. Fig. 2 illustratesa section oft the 1nouth f the sancler and the stoppen tl1at is uecl l01 opening. und closing th0 mouth. Fig. 3 illustrates the pushiocl tl1at is usecl for operating t-he stopper. Fig. l is a view of a section of' the pipes filmt zue used for confining the wires that intercon nach the sanclers with1the push 10d that C011- trols the outlets of the sanders. Fig. 5 is a view 01 a sectfon taken 0n tl1e plane 0f tl1e line 55 indicated in Fig. 2 and also illustrates a view of a Sectlon 0f tl1e up per encl of the hopper f01 the purpose 0f sl1owing the plug that closes the opening through which vthe hopper may be fillecl with sancl.

The sander may comprise laut a single con= tainer that may be locatecl in any suitable osition in tl1e automobile provided the coutainer is located slightly abo.ve the outlet 0ifi the sander. Preferably, tl1e outlets f tl1e sanders a1e located in cliambers that forn1 the encl of suitable passageways leadirig from the container, the chambers being of such a size as to contain ordinarily sufliclent sancl is shown in the accompanying that whicl1 when deposited Will prevtant skioL dlng and, as the caris moved along the road,

ill. bequite quickly refilled from the C011- tainer by reason 0f tne jouncing andvibrau tion tlmt all partS 0f tl1e cm receive. This Will cause the sand to-work to the chan1ber prepai*atory t0 it being depositecl in the pathway cf thewheels when' the outlets am Open.

In t11e .particular f0'rm 0f con struction which has been Selectecl as an example o f embodiments 0i" my 1nvei1t1on, I hzwe provmled tw0 containers which nmy be supported inany' 1nanner, pref'erably beneath thenprons of tl1e runn1ng boa1cls. 'Il1e contalners terminate in funnel-shapecl passagew ay's that leamcl t0 ehe outle'ts. They me each provided. with throats 1 ahnt are located in thenpper ends 0f thecontainer 2 m1d -through which the container may be filled With sand andthen closed by a suitable stopper 01 by a threaded plug, such as the plug 3. Tl1e lower encl of tl1e hopper-shaped container 2 is 1QI'0vided with a substantially horizontally extending chamber 4 in Which islocatecl a Stopper 5.

Tl1e stopper 5 is xnovable in tl1e -chamber 4..

The 10W01 sicle oftl1e stopper 5 is Gut away so as t0 lea ve an opening 6 tl1at extends from a point remote from theouter end 0:E the stopper to the inner end of the stoppen In tl1e f011n shown the chamber 4 und the st0p per 5 am cylinclrical und theportion of th6 cylndrical topper 5 filmt extends ir0m eclge liO eclge 0f uhe opening6 is prefelably slightly more than two-thirds of the distance around tl1e stopper in 01der t0 provicl6 a good cylindrical guiding surface f01 i:he

Stopper as it is 1noved longitudinally with respect to the chamber ab tl1e lower end of tl1e funnel 01 110 3per. Vhen the stopper 5 is pullecl outwarclly th e edgeof the ope'ning in the stopper 5 willeventually be located 011 the outside 0f the edge of the end Cf tl1e funnelled encl, thusfonning an opening through Whi0l1 the sancl may pass and ch0p t0 the roacl.

In orcler that the stoppers 5 may be-operated together, they a1'e connectecl t0 a Wi1e l0klmt extencls tl1rough a suitzibleguidfng pipe 11 tlmt leads ferward to' a point back 01 tl1e instrument boarcl 12 0f the al1tomobile. They are C0nnected together ut the Y where the p ipes 211e United as sl1own in Fig.

4. They 1nay be connected together by any suitable means. In the forin 0f construction showna sleeve or. button 13 may be welded 

